Recent content by DieselPete

For bang for the buck... I once bet $2 to win on a horse named Wolfgang Pete at Jackson (MI) Harness Raceway. I think the horse was headed for the glue factory because he went off at about 70-1. I only bet on him because we share a name. (I know, that's some real strong handicapping right...

I don't know whether the pause helps or not, but I do think that the question about whether people who have been doing something for years should change is a different question than how things should be taught from the beginning. While almost all right-handed golfers putt with the right hand...

That is correct. The rate is per person.

BINGO! Yes, any number of players greater than one player has an incentive to tie up multiple tables without paying any additional money under the current pricing structure.

Does the "by the player" pricing mean that there is a sliding scale or a flat rate per person? (Is it $10 for one, $16 for two, $20 for three or something similar or is it X dollars per person, period?)

Where did I say that? No, I don't think that happened. What I am saying is that the group of four chose to all play together, which is to the benefit of the pool hall but from an economic perspective to their own detriment. Now, maybe they wanted to play together and they don't care about the...

Oh, other people can complain, I suppose. My title was intended to say that I have a question and would like to hear from other people but that I am not complaining about it. I don't mind supporting my pool hall at $10 per hour.

My local joint redid the tables and made a few other upgrades recently and slightly raised prices to play, to $10 per hour on the weekends. That makes perfect sense to me and I don't mind paying it. What I don't get, and I'm curious what other pool halls do today, is that they charge that rate...

Anyone remember the Dos Equis finger bridge? It looked like the red double X on the beer logo and you were supposed to grip it and run the cue through it like you would with the rake. This was probably in the late 1980s. I never owned one, but what a joke. And... How to Hustle and Not Get...

Yep. First, I absolutely have noticed what the OP is suggesting; there are bridges being commonly used that we would have decried as amateur garbage and players in need of a lesson back in the day. Second, I believe it works today because it allows players to get a longer line of sight down the...

For whatever reason, Mika was on his way to losing this match badly as early as 4-0. At 18:00 into the video, and a few times shortly thereafter, you can see his body language is awful. Hanging his head, rolling his eyes, and whatnot. Sure, we all react when someone slops one in and runs out...

The most important thing to understand about Facebook is that if we think we are getting "the product" for free, then we have not figured out that we are the product.

Exactly. It all depends on the goal. If the goal is to increase excitement/drama then multiple shorter sets is the way to go. If the goal is to identify the best player then one long set is the way to go, and the longer the better. The best way to identify the better player would be to play...

Jean helped to popularize women playing high-level pool and ushered in a new, more competitive era. While she deserves a lot of credit for that, it also reflects that the game was stronger, the fields deeper, and the battles more epic after she left the game. Allison was incredibly successful in...

While players have always used open bridges sometimes, and some players used them a lot of the time (Sigel, as noted above, and others), I do feel that I see more top players using open bridges more often. I have wondered if it is because so many top players are using carbon fiber/low...